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michel said:I don't like polls; situations in real life can never be represented by a poll; I voted for women to have total choice because I believe the following:
I believe in reincarnation; we all have choices to make-the choices being rated as a lesson-if a foetus is involved, I believe that the purpose of the foetus was limited to that which a foetus can 'interact'. Perhaps the 'lesson' of the unborn child was to understand pain, if it felt it, or to learn about life with no purpose other than the initial 'spark' of life, followed by a 'non partcipating' form of being cherished in the womb.
My baser instincts wanted me to vote for 'only in cases of rape' - but having posted in the thread about the cumulative effects on the moralities of a woman forced upon her because of a need to feed her child, i realize that I am totally unqualified to vote on a subject on which my sex is the least affected; the final descision must therefore lie with the one whose body will be affected-the woman. I do not like my answer, but it is the only one I can give on the basis of my beliefs.
This is one of the reasons I never accepted reincarnation . The ethical implications are immense. After all, if I kill someone, what if it's their lesson to know what it's like to be cut to pieces? The same logic can be used to justify things on a national, or even global, scale. They will be reborn, and it's one of the lessons they learn.
IMO, don't take a human life. If in doubt, err on the side of life.